Homocrinidae

Ectenocrinus simplex assemblage, copyright James St. John.

Belongs within: Inadunata.

The Homocrinidae are a group of crinoids with small, conical cups known from the Middle Ordovician to the Middle Silurian (Moore et al. 1978).

Characters (from Moore et al. 1978): Cup small, conical; B, C, and E radials compound: anal X incorporated in cup between C and D radials.

Homocrinidae [Homocrinacea, Homocrinicae, Homocrinida]
|--Ibexocrinus Lane 1970ML78
| `--*I. lepton Lane 1970A98, ML78
|--‘Ascocrinus’ Jaekel 1918 non Barrande 1887 (n. d.)J18
| `--*A. bohemicus Jaekel 1918J18
|--Daedalocrinus Ulrich 1925ML78
| `--*D. kirki Ulrich 1925ML78
|--Drymocrinus Ulrich 1925ML78
| `--*D. geniculatus (Ulrich 1879) [=Heterocrinus geniculatus]ML78
|--Sygcaulocrinus Ulrich 1925ML78
| `--*S. typus Ulrich 1925ML78
|--Homocrinus Hall 1852ML78
| |--*H. parvus Hall 1852ML78
| `--H. rhenanus Jaekel 1918J18
`--Ectenocrinus Miller 1889ML78
|--*E. simplex (Hall 1847) [=Heterocrinus simplex]ML78
`--E. grandisML78

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[A98] Ausich, W. I. 1998. Early phylogeny and subclass division of the Crinoidea (phylum Echinodermata). Journal of Paleontology 72 (3): 499–510.

[J18] Jaekel, O. 1918. Phylogenie und System der Pelmatozoen. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 3: 1–128.

[ML78] Moore, R. C., N. G. Lane, H. L. Strimple, J. Sprinkle & R. O. Fay. 1978. Inadunata. In: Moore, R. C., & C. Teichert (eds) Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology pt T. Echinodermata 2. Crinoidea vol. 2 pp. T520–T759. The Geological Society of America, Inc.: Boulder (Colorado), and The University of Kansas: Lawrence (Kansas).

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